Fuel treatment system and method
AssigneeThrival Tech, LLC
InventorsGarrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse
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Abstract
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating a fuel prior to ignition in a combustion engine in order to improve efficiency. In one aspect of the invention a throttle valve system that entrains a flow of gas, which can include a fuel, into a structured flow pattern via the inclusion of topological on a surface of the valve body and/or the flow chamber. The topological features can be arranged in a pattern configured to produce movement and/or structured turbulence in a stream of gas that is introduced to the throttle valve. An excitation source that ionizes or cracks species in the gas stream can be optionally utilized.
Claims6
A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber, comprising:
- a flow chamber configured to direct a stream of mixture comprising gas and fuel to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine;
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- an ovoid-shaped valve body having a continuous circumferential groove disposed on the valve body's outer surface and wherein the opening of the groove is smaller than a maximum width of the groove, the valve body disposed within the flow chamber and axially translatable with respect to the flow chamber for controlling a flow volume of the stream of mixture,
- wherein the groove is configured to entrain the stream of mixture, to produce an axially-symmetric coherent downstream flow pattern.
A method of preparing fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- directing a mixture comprising gas and fuel to flow downstream in a flow chamber toward a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, wherein the flow chamber comprises an ovoid-shaped valve body having a continuous circumferential groove disposed on the valve body's outer surface, wherein the opening of the groove is smaller than a maximum width of the groove;
- entraining, by using the valve body, the stream of mixture to produce an axially-symmetric coherent downstream flow pattern;
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- directing the stream of mixture into the combustion chamber of the engine.
A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber, comprising:
- a flow chamber configured to direct a mixture of gases to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine;
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- an ovoid-shaped valve body having a continuous circumferential groove disposed on the valve body's outer surface and wherein the opening of the groove is smaller than a maximum width of the groove, the valve body disposed within the flow chamber and axially translatable with respect to the flow chamber for controlling a flow volume of the mixture,
- wherein the groove is configured to entrain the mixture, to produce an axially-symmetric coherent downstream flow pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.